Sadly I cannot abandon my beloved guest to attend this. That would be unthinkable. This is a pity, since the “nosebag (at the House) is top notch”. (Minder on the Orient Express)
In Memoriam Batger’s Chinese Figs
The most delicious of all confections and the most intense of gastronomic pleasures at Christmas time, which, alas, have ceased to exist. I had hoped to find something comparable amongst the glacé fruits at Fortnum and Mason, but these fall a long way short of the exquisite crystallised figs I knew as a child. Sic transit gloria mundi.
How I miss that choice Christmas confection
Of Chinese Figs! Their recollection,
Such texture and sweetness
Restored to completeness!
I’m praying for their resurrection! LJ St.Martin
Lyndon @ Adonis Blue 
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